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Since we launched our new automated system for sites to take part in the Daily Challenge we have been delighted with the response.

Traffic exchange owners love how easy it is to use and surfers love the way that they can easily see where future challenges will take place for up to a month in advance.

The most frequent question people asked was whether we would automate the process for the Vault’n’Keys too…so we have now done so.

It follows exactly the same format as the Daily Challenge page with the schedule shown on the page and available dates highlighted.

In the image above Tuesday September 29 is actually TE Racing League…and if you want to verify that between now and then just click here. (The moving image just happened to turn totally white as I grabbed the screenshot which explains the blank image above.)

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It is sad that very often in certain sections of the online community there are a lot of people who are all talk…and very little more than that.

It is easy to say you will do something, but often it is not easy to actually follow through.

Well when Jon announced in TELive recently that he would help promote owners who bought certain promo packages with TimTech he had every intention on following up on that offer.

Sig and Bradley at Sea Life Hits were quick to take up Jon’s offer and yesterday you may have seen the video he put together to coincide with them having the Daily Challenge yesterday. (In fact Sea Life Hits has the Daily Challenge every Thursday this month for all you advance planners out there.

Check out Jon’s video below and if you want to know how you could get Jon do do a video for your promo then send him an email.

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First Some Background…

At TimTech we have made no secret of one of the top ways we capture and retain visitors to our sites…we make the end user experience interesting and fun.

The online business world is all about customer interaction and as business owners we want to maximize those interactions. One of the best ways of doing this is through a process called gamification and we talk about this process quite a lot.

Gamification is simply introducing game-like elements into the business environment so that the overall experience for the end user is better and more enjoyable.

Research has shown that for a site that uses gamification correctly:

* visitors will stay longer

* they will come back more often

* they are more likely to promote your affiliate products

* they are more likely to carry out the actions you want them to do and

* they are more likely to spend more money with you.

Now The Bad News…

Sounds exciting doesn’t it? Well it is but it is not as simple as it may first appear. A lot of owners in the TE community (and many other online communities for that matter) think that they can just bolt on a game to their site and, hey presto, instant gamification here we come!

Just adding random games, or using the wrong combination of game elements can actually have the opposite effect than the one you desire…visitors can disappear, sales can decline and your customers may be less likely to promote your products to others.

Doing gamification badly when you don’t truly understand what it is you are doing and how each individual game element interacts with each other is a recipe for disaster. The simple truth is that bad gamification can be worse than no gamification at all and can really hurt your business.

So what do you do?

Time For The Good News…

Well at TimTech we understand gamification really well. We have not just bolted a few random games onto our products but we have created products with gamification as a core ingredient from the very beginning.

It is one of the reasons why we are where we are today and why our sites have such an enviable record when it comes to key performance indicators such as:

– customer loyalty

– customer retention

– customer interaction

– customer acquisition and

– customer spend

If YOUR numbers look healthy in these key areas then you are well on your way to having a profitable and long-term future online. If not then we are here to help by letting you leveraging our knowledge, our customer base and our business skills.

Why TimTech Promos…?

We now offer more ways for you to leverage our know-how than ever before…because business owners who have teamed up with us in the past tend to say the same thing: “The results were amazing…what else have you got for me to try?”

It is a great feeling because we really want you succeed and to succeed big. When we grow and prosper, this helps the entire industry get healthier and more profitable…and this is good for all of our futures.

We love nothing better when someone comes along and tests the water with one or two promos…sees the results…double checks the results and then comes back to buy a package of three, six or 12 months.

What Promos Does TimTech Offer…?

CTP Experience Points (XP) Giveaways

When we first introduced the idea of experience points into Click Track Profit it was was simply a way for users to “level up” as they gained more experience by using the program.

However since the introduction of CTP Teams these experience points have taken on a life of their own to drive activity both at sites owned by TimTech and for business owners and affiliates outside of TimTech.

It is gaining XP that is the basis for the points awarded for CTP Teams and these points determine the team’s position on the weekly leaderboard.

In addition we found that XP was an amazing incentive for our own promotions and offers. When we began adding bonus XP for products we promoted we found that the results were nothing short of amazing.

Want to build a downline?…then tell people: “Sign up under us and we will give you “x” XP.”

Want to increase conversions?…then tell people: “Take any upgrade and get “xx” more XP.”

Then our customers asked if they too could give away CTP XP so that they could leverage that power to make their own offers to their members more attractive too.

So now you can purchase giveaway XP for any contests, challenges, promotions you may be running. You get the XP and how you give it away is up to you…all you need is the person’s CTP username to make the transfer.

Read these posts about how some of our customers have used the XP Giveaway promo:

That is just a random selection. One user has built an entire program based on giving users XP rewards as an incentive for doing certain tasks and more creative ways of leveraging XP are being found every day.

If you have an idea of how you can leverage XP for your own business or want us to give you ideas on how you can do so then get in touch with us and we will be happy to help.

CTP Chat Ads

Want your ad to show in StartXchange, ILoveHits, Sweeva, and ThumbVu chat? Then you need a chat ad! Your ad will show a few times every hour so every member chatting sees your latest promotion.

These adverts really do get seen because people pay attention in the chat areas of our traffic exchanges. We are bringing in hundreds of new members to CTP and to our traffic exchanges every day and many of these members are looking for programs to join and upgrade in.

Just the other day a new arrival to the CTP traffic exchanges asked in chat what Kore4 (our ultimate upgrade offer) was all about and when an existing member explained it to them the new member asked for a referral link and signed up right away.

That is not a one off, by the way, it happens all the time. Obviously you don’t have time to spend chatting all day so let a chat advert do the talking on your behalf.

Again if you need help with the wording, or the kind of offers that appeal to our customers then we will be happy to give you some ideas.

How It Works:

1. You bid for your advert to get seen in StartXchange, ILoveHits, Sweeva, and ThumbVu chat for 24 hours.

2. Bidding is made using CTP Tokens and the highest bidder is the person who gets their ad seen.

4. On the page that opens, you will be able to see the last six successful Chat Ads bids (Top Tip: Use this information to get a feel for how many tokens were needed for recent successful bids.)5. Next you will see six spots where you can bid for one (or more) of the next six days. If there are already bids for these days then they will be shown. Note that the page also tells you when the bidding ends for the next day’s advert.6. Click “Make Bid” for the day(s) you would like your ad shown and you will see a box which looks like this:

Under “Ad URL” place the link for the URL you want people to visit when they click on your advert.

Under “Ad Text” place the text you would like to appear on your Chat Ad

In the box marked “Bid” you will see that a suggested amount is already filled in. If you are happy with that press the “Bid” button at the bottom of the screen. If you want you can change it to any value you choose, as long as this value is not lower than the minimum bid value shown, before pressing the “Bid” button to submit your bid.

7. If a member outbids you, your tokens will be returned to you and you will be informed that you have been outbid so that you can bid again! Whoever has the highest bid gets the chat ad! It is as simple as that.

Real Life Example:

In the example above, you can see the Chat Ad on the bottom in blue. The interesting thing is the discussion above…everyone is talking about the advert which has just appeared. So if they are talking about the ad then they are looking at it and if they are looking it then you can be sure that some are also clicking on the link to find out more.

CTP Member Spotlight

Would you like more than 1,000 of the most active and loyal marketers online to see your site? Then bid on the daily CTP Member Spotlight!

One of the aspects of a well-oiled gamified system is that it encourages members to complete certain tasks that the site owner want them to complete.

At TimTech we want our members to log in to CTP each day and use the site, so we reward people for doing exactly that.

You can just look at the home page of CTP to see the daily stats which show that it is working.

For example this post is being written at 9am Eastern and already:

– 105 new members have joined CTP

– 493 people are online right now and

– 1,056 people have logged in this morning alone!

If you manage to get the CTP Member Spotlight then your page is the first page that people get to see when they log into CTP for the first time.

Everyone who logs into CTP sees your page first and when they have viewed it then they can click a link to take them directly to CTP.

It works and it works very well, especially if you target your offer or promotion to those offers and promotions that CTP users really like.

Combining a CTP Member Spotlight with an XP Promotion works particularly well for example. See for yourself by logging into CTP every day to get a feel for the type of promotions that other members are using. However if you need any guidance then remember that we are here to help.

How It Works:

This is also determined by the same bidding process as shown above for CTP Chat Ads.

1. You bid for your site (eg your offer, of affiliate splash page, website, opt in form or blog) to get seen in first by CTP members when they log in. The winning Member Spotlight page is shown for a full 24 hours; that is that no matter what time the member logs in during that 24 hour period they will see your page before they can proceed to CTP.

2. Bidding is made using CTP Tokens and the highest bidder is the person who gets their page seen.

4. On the page that opens, you will be able to see the last six successful Member Spotlight bids (Top Tip: Use this information to get a feel for how many tokens were needed for recent successful bids.)

5. Next you will see six spots where you can bid for one (or more) of the next six days. If there are already bids for these days then they will be shown. Note that the page also tells you when the bidding ends for the next day’s advert.

6. Click “Make Bid” for the day(s) you would like your ad shown and you will see a box which looks like this:

Under “Site” place the link for the URL you want people to visit when they click on your advert.

In the box marked “Bid” you will see that a suggested amount is already filled in. If you are happy with that press the blue “Bid” button at the bottom or if you want, you can change it to any value you choose, before pressing the “Bid” button.

7. If a member outbids you, your tokens will be returned to you and you will be informed that you have been outbid so that you can bid again! Whoever has the highest bid gets the Member Spotlight! It is as simple as that.

CTP Badges

Want to give away CTP Badges? Whether you are a traffic exchange or a safelist owner and want to give them out daily after a certain number of views, or you just want a badge you can give to friends, we have options for you.

Badges are yet another key part of the “fun” element within CTP. People love to collect our badges and there is a phenomenal demand for them. In fact, badges are so popular that many members have had their own custom CTP badges made so they can use them in their own online advertising promotions.

Our users compete to be King of the Badge, Pioneer of the Badge and to control the badge for their CTP Team…don’t worry if any of this does not mean a lot to you. Just be assured that it means a lot of people are actively looking for CTP badges…and they could be looking for your badges too.

Traffic exchange owners report that having CTP badges in their programs can lead to more subscribers, more activity, increased sales and higher levels of member upgrades.

But you don’t have to be a program owner to benefit from CTP badges. People have used them to help drive traffic to their blogs, to build lists, to take part in promos and much more.

You can buy a single one off badge, a set of badges, badges that people can collect every day, badges that come with CTP XP when they are claimed and badges linked to our Golden Egg of XP.

In fact badges are one of the most powerful elements of our gamified experience…not only do they work brilliantly for us but they work brilliantly for our members too.

Once again we are happy to talk you through the whole process so you can find out how CTP Badges could work for you and answer any questions you might have.

Vault & Key Promos

Do you want to partner up with one of our traffic exchanges in a super-cool and super-popular promo?

Well the good news is that you can. It is another gamified element within TimTech traffic exchanges which you can leverage to bring increased traffic and new members to your site.

In the beginning the Vault & Keys Promo was strictly in house only. It worked by allowing our members to collect keys as they surfed with the keys being used to unlock special vaults where prizes were stored. Each time a vault is opened the member wins a prize and they can open as many vaults as they wish each day.

This proved so popular that other traffic exchange owners bombarded us with requests to let them play too…so we said yes.

With a special Vault & Key package your site is displayed prominently on the front page of CTP and with this game being especially popular with CTP Teams players, it continues to be one of our most popular promos.

Be sure to tell your members when you have a Vault & Key promo with us and also be prepared for a flood of new traffic too.

Once again, contact us for advice on how to leverage the Vault & Key promo to the max. We will be only too happy to help.

You have seen the keys, so just to be complete, this is what one of our two vaults looks like. We have a gold and a silver vault; this is the silver one.

Vault & Keys Promos are offered on a “first come first served” basis and you can see the dates we have currently available by clicking the link below.

If you want to schedule a lot of Vault & Key promos in advance then come and talk to us about that too and we would be happy to sort out an awesome deal for you.

Subgame Promo

The Subgame Promo is similar to the Vault & Keys Promo above and is a proven way to get tons of awesome sauce people surfing your traffic exchange all day long.

Once again our Subgame Promo partners get front page billing on CTP for the entire day of the promo and here we can have four partners each day. The idea is that surfers to your traffic exchange will collect mines – a different color mine at each exchange.

When they collect all four then they get to play the game which is played by continually clicking on game squares until the red mine is hit and the game ends…until next time.

CTP Daily Challenge

Daily Challenges are another fun element within TimTech and CTP…there really is a pattern here and we stick to it because it works well.

These special promos are for traffic exchange owners who already have incremental surf badges up and running. These are badges which are typically earned for surfing 50, 100, 250 pages etc and they can be claimed by members once a day.

The Daily Challenge is a promotion which also allows you get your site featured on the front page of CTP.

It is very popular with members of CTP Teams because by doing the tasks required by the Challenge they win increasing amounts of XP for their team.

Currently many teams have a policy of always completing the Daily Challenge before they do anything else in order to ensure they get as much XP as possible to improve their team rankings.

The Daily Challenge cannot be booked online and can only be scheduled by contacting Brenda directly who will also give you any further information you need to know about it.

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A lot of people in this industry complain that the activity levels at their traffic exchanges are not exactly sparkling. Traffic trickles in, views are nothing to write home about and not a lot happens.

It does not need to be that way. It does not need to be that way at all. What if you didn’t have that problem? What if somehow there was a way to put the sparkle back into your program?

What if the only problem you had was whether your server was up to the job of dealing with all the traffic we could put your way?

Well this is TimTech and we crash servers of the unwary by bringing in tons of traffic to your sites.

Our Vault and Keys and Submarine Game promos are loved by traffic exchange users because of the gamified elements we have built into them. They are loved by traffic exchange owners because they bring lots of new eyes to their sites…new eyes means more traffic and this translates into more signups and upgrades.

Maybe you have never tried it…well now is time to see what partnering up with TimTech to leverage the power of CTP and our awesome community could do for your site.

You could tie it in with a giveaway of CTP experience points (XP) for every “x” pages surfed on the day you hold a promo. (Huge hint – people love collecting XP. It is a traffic magnet right now.)

Stuck for ideas or need a little bit more help? Then Brenda (BrendaBroyles on Skype) is the person to talk to at TimTech. Check them out on the CTP Promo Page (scroll down to Vault and Key Promos or Sub Game Promo) or check out Brenda’s blog for more information.